Journal of the Senate of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State of Iowa

Which Convened at the Capitol, in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 13, 1868

by Iowa Senate

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The total amount expended for the support of common schools during the last year, was making eight dollars and four cents paid for each pupil in attendance during the year, and five dollars and fifty -five cents per capita for the entire number of school age, and the sum of two dollars and twenty nine cents per capita for the entire population of the State, as shown by the recent census.

Without goin into farther details, I submit the foregoing facts as sufficient to illustrate the practical workings and great success of our common school system. These liberal and wise provisions for the diffusion of educational advantages impartially among the youth of all classes, furnish contributions of imperishable value to the legacy which the people of this generation will bequeath to posterity.